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Verdi: Requiem Mass / Solti, Brouwenstijn, Dominguez, Zampieri, Zaccaria, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-04-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri; Semiramide; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Dominguez, Oralia; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

During his very long career sir Georg Solti conducted Verdi's 'Messa da Requiem' many times, but no version, either studio or live, can compare with...continue...
Recording information: Köln (11/17/1958)....continue...

Roberto Alagna - Nessun Dorma

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; La cena delle beffe; Fedora; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Riccardo Zandonai: Giulietta e Romeo; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La boh&e...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: London Voices; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"The selection is good, with a welcome admixture of rarities. One 'Neessun dorma' might be thought enough, but it was a good idea to finish...continue...

Thunder & Lightning / Sir Georg Solti

2 CD / Decca / 1998-11-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin...
Performers: Frick, Gottlob; Lorengar, Pilar; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Philharmon...